Supervisory Electronics Technician (Wildland Fire)

Salary: $106,437.00 to $138,370.00 Per Year

One position at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, ID. The incumbent of this position provides direct daily supervision, oversight, and technical guidance for a group of employees and requires the ability to meet constantly changing, highly diverse, and often unpredictable maintenance workloads. For questions, contact Justin Dopp at jdopp@blm.gov.

Major duties

Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates; makes assignments based on capability and expertise; evaluates the work performance of subordinates; develops performance standards; gives advice or instruction to subordinates on work and administrative matters; and identifies developmental and training needs of employees, providing or arranging for needed development or training. Manages personnel and assigns duties to accomplish the workload safely and efficiently. Interviews candidates for positions; recommends appointment, promotion or assignment for positions; hears or resolves complaints from employees; referring group grievances and more serious unresolved complaints to a higher level; and effects minor disciplinary measures. Carries out managerial duties in accordance with regulatory requirements in areas such as internal management controls; Merit Systems Principles; Safety and Occupational Health obligations; performance management; management of ethics, conduct and discipline; and hiring reform. Responsible for programming and annual budgeting submissions and ensures program accomplishments are within budget allocations. Makes recommendations for budget adjustments. Responsible for the property tracking and accountability of all WFS owned equipment and must have a working knowledge of associated property regulations. Researches, reviews and evaluates technological trends and provides approaches for achieving significant advances in operational and mission requirements by incorporating state-of-the-art equipment. Oversees, tracks, and coordinates life-cycle replacement for all federally owned equipment. Responsible for conducting the evaluation and technical analysis of electronic, computer, and electro-mechanical equipment and systems to ensure they meet the required section applications and operational parameters.

Qualifications

In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management's General Schedule Qualification Standards. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience, your 2 page resume MUST clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending dates of employment (month/year), and the resume must reflect total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rather than indicating full-time or part-time, hours must be included). If part-time, the hours must be annotated to be able to pro-rate the amount of qualified specialized experience. Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages and resumes longer than two pages will not be accepted. You may only submit one resume. Only the document submitted as the "Resume" under the Documents section will be used to determine your qualifications/eligibility and for rating purposes. In the event you submit more than one resume, only the latest submission will be reviewed. If an applicant's resume is incomplete or does not support the requirements for minimum qualifications or specialized experience a rating of "ineligible" or "not qualified" will be applied and no consideration for employment will be granted. Basic Qualification Requirements: For the GS-13 level: At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level, or higher in the Federal service, or equivalent. Examples of specialized experience include: Providing technical support for Remote Automated Weather Stations (RAWS) and related electronic, electro-mechanical, telemetry, communications, sensor, and data collection systems used in support of wildland fire operations and other all-risk activities. Developed and implemented troubleshooting, maintenance, operational, safety, testing, and certification standards and procedures to ensure systems and equipment met established technical and operational requirements. Conducted technical analyses of complex systems, evaluated technological advancements, and developed hardware, software, and equipment solutions to improve system performance, reliability, and mission effectiveness. Provided technical leadership for equipment maintenance, troubleshooting, configuration, testing, operational readiness, and life-cycle requirements while coordinating technical activities with field and depot personnel, interagency users, engineering staff, vendors, and contractors. Analyzed complex operational and equipment requirements, established technical priorities, and developed solutions involving equipment failures, resource constraints, changing technologies, and time-sensitive wildland fire and all-risk mission requirements. Volunteer Experience: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. To receive consideration for this position, you must provide updated required documents and meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.